The student's manual of modern historyLongmans & Company, 1880 - 623 páginas |
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alliance allies ancient arms army attack Austrians Avignon battle became began Belisarius British Catholic Charlemagne Charles Christian Church clergy colonies command commenced compelled conquest Constantinople council court Crown 8vo crusade death declared defeated Denmark dominions duke duke of Burgundy Dutch dynasty elected emperor empire enemies engaged England English established Europe favour Ferdinand fleet forced formed formidable France Frederic French Germany Henry hostile imperial important India insurrection invaded island Italy Jesuits John Justinian khaliphs king king of France kingdom land Lombards Lord Louis ministers Mohammed monarch Naples Napoleon nation nobles obtained papacy papal parliament party peace Philip Poland pontiff pope Portugal possession prince prisoner protection provinces queen Reformation reign resistance resolved restored revolt rival Rome royal Russia Russians Saracens Saxons Scotland secure sent siege soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish subjects succeeded success successor sultan throne took treaty troops Turkish Turks victory
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Página 34 - Spare your remonstrances,' replied the intrepid fanatic to his uncle and benefactor; 'if they should place the sun on my right hand and the moon on my left, they should not divert me from my course.
Página 240 - Venetian senate foresaw on the first discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, actually took place.
Página 309 - An act was passed, requiring that every clergymen should possess episcopal ordination, declare his assent to everything contained in the book of common prayer, take the oath of canonical obedience...
Página 180 - Forasmuch as many people be aggrieved by the king's ministers against right, in respect to which grievances no one can recover without a common parliament ; we do ordain that the king shall hold a parliament once in the year, or twice, if need be.
Página 109 - Thus, while the inhabitants of the great towns in other parts of Europe were languishing in feudal servitude, the members of the Castilian corporations, living under the protection of their own laws and magistrates in time of peace, and commanded by their own officers in war, were in full enjoyment of all the essential rights and privileges of...
Página 510 - They sell everything by number or measure; at least, so far we have not observed them to sell anything by weight. There is a building in the great square that is used as an audience house, where ten or twelve persons, who are magistrates, sit and decide all controversies that arise in the market, and order delinquents to be punished. In the same square there are other persons who go constantly about among the people observing what is sold, and the measures used in selling; and they have been seen...
Página 15 - Vast numbers of these insects were soon reared in different parts of Greece, particularly in the Peloponnesus. Sicily afterwards undertook to breed silkworms with equal success, and was imitated from time to time in several towns of Italy.